beachy a OED ~ (1597-1734); SEARY 177. Related in a variety of ways to a level stretch of shore-line on which waves break.
   1858 [LOWELL] i, 14 On the hill-top, near Beachy Cove, (named from its strip of sand and shingle edging the shore,) they stood still. 1951 Nfld & Lab Pilot i, 96 Beachy cove, at the head of which is a shingle beach, lies close south-eastward of Beachy point. 1974 Evening Telegram 13 Feb, p. 13 We all knew how sharp a cliffty rock is on the corners compared to a round, beachy one.

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